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Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C.

Overland Park, KSSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 123711

Filed as TORTOISE CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.L.C.

Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Overland Park, KS, registered since 2002, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 30, 2026.

23 years
registered since 2002
$8,928,633,630
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. located?

Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C.'s principal office is in Overland Park, KS, according to its Form ADV.

Is Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. registered with the SEC or a state?

Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2002. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 123711.

How much does Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. manage?

Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. reports $8,928,633,630 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C.: Regulatory assets under management: $6,344,484,208 in the October 2021 data and $8,928,633,630 in the October 2026 data, up 41%. Total employees: 91 in October 2021 and 34 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (259); corporations or other businesses not listed above (38); state or municipal government entities (including government pension plans) (14).

Which custodians does Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. use?

Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists State Street Bank and Trust Company, The Bank of New York Mellon and The Northern Trust Company as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/123711

What changed in Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 19 to 15.

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$8,928,633,630

$8,928,633,630 as of October 2026, filing dated April 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $8,928,633,630.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 5 Assets $3,123,695 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 259 Assets $502,869,032 (6%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 9 Assets $5,946,083,250 (67%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 10 Assets $127,792,722 (1%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 14 Assets $1,913,084,061 (21%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 5 Assets $223,846,534 (3%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 38 Assets $210,893,400 (2%)
Other
Clients 4 Assets $940,936 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
TCA ADVISORS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2002 (23 years)
Employees
Total: 34. Performing investment advisory functions: 15.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
15 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$6.34B 2021 $7.1B 2022 $7.25B 2023 $6.91B 2024 $8.44B 2025 $8.93B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$8,928,633,63034April 30, 2026
October 2025$8,444,747,24636April 29, 2025
October 2024$6,906,161,91154August 2, 2024
October 2023$7,253,089,27871August 7, 2023
October 2022$7,095,461,45685August 25, 2022
October 2021$6,344,484,20891August 5, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $6,344,484,208 in the October 2021 data and $8,928,633,630 in the October 2026 data, up 41%.

Total employees: 91 in October 2021 and 34 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 19 to 15.
  2. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in AZ, GA, IA, LA, NH, NJ, WA.
  3. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in CO, DE.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
tortoiseadvisors.comtortoisecapital.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. (CRD 123711): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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